Comments on: Finnish police confiscate 9-y-o's laptop after she downloads a song from the Pirate Bayhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html
Brain candy for Happy MutantsMon, 30 Mar 2015 20:24:05 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Andrew Singletonhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1591371
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:12:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1591371More like ‘hired goons from the record labels saying they’re representing the bands… then the bands being horrified how their names are attached to this and sue.’
]]>By: cdh1971http://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1591006
Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:54:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1591006Only if you’re male.
]]>By: Itsumishihttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1590218
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:10:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1590218No thanks, as all music created automatically falls under copyright unless the creator specifically licences it under say, Creative Commons (which of course is another form of copyright) I think that action might be a little overzealous. The concept is also completely unworkable as your view wouldn’t be shared with even a large minority and by extension the boycott would be rather fruitless.

By all means, avoid buying music from record labels that are involved with this sort of heavy handed approach, but don’t expect it will run them out of business, and please keep supporting the record companies and independent artists that don’t use these sorts of techniques (despite still copyrighting their music).

]]>By: Itsumishihttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1590220
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:10:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1590220Are their profits shrinking though? I think you’ll find that it is only the rate of growth that is shrinking.
]]>By: Marco Meneghellohttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1590155
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:26:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1590155Ah, this is justice!
]]>By: howaboutthisdangithttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1590108
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:17:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1590108Absolutely. We all know that the recording industry’s first concern is for its performers.

Oh, wait…..

]]>By: Timmyhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1590100
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:33:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1590100Can we at least agree that all artists are better off now that this little girl has been punished?
]]>By: NynjaSquirrelhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1590091
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:45:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1590091Reminds me of this: http://youtu.be/I2AcJSkUw6M
]]>By: Nathan Hornbyhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1590084
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:38:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1590084Spoilsport!
]]>By: SheriffFatmanhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1590049
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:55:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1590049@boingboing-b571ecea16a9824023ee1af16897a582:disqus
And you try and tell the young people of today that ….. they won’t believe you.
]]>By: Andrew Singletonhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1590038
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:19:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1590038Because whenever someone does they’re branded a pedo.
]]>By: That_Anonymous_Cowardhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1590023
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:04:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1590023She knew were to go, she typed it into a search engine.
She might not have been as savvy as everyone else… but then we all laugh at the people who fall for the advance fee fraud and wonder who would be like that… if it wasn’t working they wouldn’t do it.
]]>By: teapothttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589966
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:06:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589966 XKCD wins the argument, again.
]]>By: Florian Böschhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589935
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:49:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589935And that’s how you raise a hardcore pirate party member.
]]>By: David Trotskyhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589904
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:30:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589904Spotify anyone?
]]>By: Nathan Hornbyhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589876
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:25:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589876You don’t hear that every day.
]]>By: Mitchell Glaserhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589870
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:15:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589870What they didn’t tell you is that the little girl burned dozens of copies of the song to CD’s and sold them on eBay!

But seriously, you wouldn’t prosecute anyone if that girl had stolen a candy bar, but she saw a link dangled in front of her and suddenly – a crime has been committed! Give me 600 euros, right now!

]]>By: Ipohttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589857
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:47:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589857 You need to socialize with kids more.
]]>By: Michael Smithhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589855
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:44:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589855My mother lives two hours away and every time she calls me for tech support I tell her she needs to make friends with some kids in her street.
]]>By: TelmeaStoryhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589850
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:42:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589850Ambient music from Limbik Frequencies on Screamer Radio.
]]>By: Grokhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589844
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:35:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589844I’ve turned my back on commercial radio, i-tune type sites and the like.
I attend live performances were possible and buy directly from the performers, or buy directly from them online.

The major labels have been lashing out more than ever because their control and profits are shrinking. They will soon be a bad memory.

I say good riddance! Most have never really stood for the artist or their art, just profit.

We are fundamentally at a point with the w.w.web that any artist can promote themselves and handle the sales of their own content. This is the future I think.

]]>By: Roberthttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589832
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:18:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589832Well, I had to badge in to work a half hour after I went to bed, work 29 hours a day down software shop, pay software shop owner to work, and when I got home, download videos from BBSs at 3 baud of people killing me and dancing about on my grave singing Hallelujah.
]]>By: That_Anonymous_Cowardhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589825
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:04:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589825Copyright trolls around the globe use nondisclosure agreements to protect how they operate, how much they extort, and how the shakedown works.
]]>By: That_Anonymous_Cowardhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589824
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:02:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589824And if she was using Opera, she just clicked a link and it did all of the work for her.
]]>By: Jimhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589823
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:01:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589823One possible solution to overly zealous copyright enforcement is to promote a wide-spread and long duration boycott of all copyrighted music until the bastards go out of business. After that, just mention to the movie and book guys that if they don’t come up with more reasonable copyright solutions, they’ll go the way of the music industry.
]]>By: SheriffFatmanhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589796
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:22:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589796FORTRAN? Luxury! My parents had me setting zeros and ones by hand before my constituent gametes had even fused.
]]>By: danarmakhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589783
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:00:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589783Oh, your poor mother.
]]>By: miasmhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589777
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:48:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589777Another disaster averted by the timely and conscientious adjudication of tolerance by our wise and perspicacious leaders, brows trammelled with naught but a crease of concern for all of the free and happy world.
]]>By: Boundegarhttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589761
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:27:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589761That’s nothing, I was programming in FORTRAN in the womb.
]]>By: Kaleberghttp://boingboing.net/2012/11/22/finnish-police-confiscate-9-y.html#comment-1589750
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:11:00 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=195745#comment-1589750This sounds like something Cory Doctorow would write with running gun battles, deadly midnight raids, and diabolical scheming in the battle between youthful fans and the hired goons of their favorite bands and performers.
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